Punch City Population - Punch, Jammu & Kashmir

Punch (MCI) is a City and Muncipal Council located in Haveli Tehsil of Punch district in Jammu & Kashmir. Punch city has 4,943 housholds and town is divided into 17 wards. Punch city elections are held of every 5 years to elect representative of each ward.

As per the Census India 2011, Punch city has population of 26,854 of which 16,063 are males and 10,791 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 2,582 which is 9.61% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Punch city is around 672 compared to 889 which is average of Jammu & Kashmir state. The literacy rate of Punch city is 82.55% out of which 87.57% males are literate and 75.07% females are literate. There are 1.02% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 6.64% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Punch city.

Punch Religion Population

DescriptionPopulationPercentage
Total26,854100%
Hindu11,86644.19%
Muslim8,99333.49%
Sikh5,58420.79%
Christian3431.28%
Religion not stated580.22%
Buddhist80.03%
Jain20.01%
Other religions and persuasions00%

List of Wards in Punch

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Punch Population Facts

Number of Households4,943
Population26,854
Male Population16,063 (59.82%)
Female Population10,791 (40.18%)
Children Population2,582
Sex-ratio672
Literacy82.55%
Male Literacy87.57%
Female Literacy75.07%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %6.64%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %1.02%

Map of Punch, Punch, Jammu & Kashmir